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Originally Posted by terriblecanyons
I used to be depressed a lot, mostly because of a lot of really shitty things happening all at once and letting them get to me. But I changed my outlook on life and my philosophies and now there's no reason to be depressed. Maybe you should take a step back and reflect on what you want and how you look at life.
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That's true, but it's so hard to pull yourself out of depression. I was depressed almost constantly since I was about 11 until last year (age 20). I agree that you can pull yourself out of depression by changing your outlook, but I tried for almost a decade before I really had that "clinching" moment where everything made sense. I think counseling is one way to do do that that can be really helpful to most people. But if it's pure chemical imbalance, there's really nothing you can do, unfortunately, except for medication.
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if by "soul" you mean the individual consciousness of a living creature, then that's fine. but to most humans and religions a soul is an indestructible, everlasting, non-corporeal presence, existing whether or not a body/brain is alive. I don't believe in that "soul"
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Who cares? It's not that hard to see what s/he meant. Do you feel the need to inject your theology into everything?
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I have my own philosophies in life, but I can't help the way I personally feel, regardless of anything. I have been reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead a lot, and there's a lot of wisdom in there. I have looked at things differently. But I still feel sad. I wish I could lie to myself. Erase my memories. I dunno. I don't think any one thing has triggered it. Suicide runs in my family, and I was abused when I was little, so subconsciously I'm sure that all has made me disconnected. Which is weird. I am not a cold or uncaring person, but I am definitely disconnected. Contradicting? Maybe. I'm not sure. I just don't feel like I fit in or belong with people. Yet I'm also extremely popular. What the fuck?!
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Pretty much everything you've said in my above quote applies to me, so I can relate to you. I think the thing that really pulled me out of my depression was the simple realization, like someone said above me, that we only get one life. And then beyond that, that the world is so huge and there's so much to do and to see that I can't possibly be unhappy. I'm excited.
I mean, just think about it for a second. The universe is so huge and massive and we have the opportunity, even with all the odds against it happening, to be alive and self aware and we have the ability to do practically anything we want. You can be pessimistic and blasé about everything if you choose to be, just like I used to be, but these days I'm constantly in awe of things around me, because there's so much beauty and wonder to be found. People seem to think maturing means giving up the ability to truly appreciate the world and I see people like that all the time. Fucking pretentious and uninterested in anything. And uninteresting. Why do you have to be that way? I'm probably as smart as you, if not smarter, and yet I'm always finding things to be interested in. Frankly, I think the more intelligent you are, the less bored you tend to be because there's so much to be interested in.
Not to mention the fact that your life is only as pointless as you allow it to be. You have the ability right now to make someone's life better. Seriously, volunteer your time. If you feel so shitty, why not stop wasting your time and at the very least make good use of it? Or since you don't want to buy anything, how about you donate it or buy gifts for poor kids. I know they'd appreciate getting donated gifts that are fun, not just the Christian propaganda they get now. Maybe if you don't allow your life to be pointless and your time to be wasted, maybe if you see the smiles on the faces of people who you've helped in some way, you'll finally see what I'm talking about.
God, I'm really rambling here and maybe being a little harsh. Sorry, I'm tired. But do you have any idea where I'm coming from? You aren't allowing yourself to enjoy anything, and you're wasting all of your time. Do something, anything, worthwhile.
EDIT: seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people? I've seen so many posts in this thread saying that life is pointless it makes me sick. You look around and see the pain of a billion people and all you can think about doing is learning to live with it and focusing on small personal gains? You people enable and allow atrocities to occur constantly. No wonder you're depressed. If half of the people sitting around crying about how awful the world is did one fucking thing a day to make it better, it would make more of a difference than you could every imagine.